Hi All, That’s why I wrote “The current dating system in the West uses the ‘conventional’ year…” There was a conscious decision made for the...
Hi All, Oh Yes! A slip of the fingers when thinking too fast for my own good. - Broucheion
Hi @Cheech9712 , AD stands for “Anno Domini”, which means “the year of our Lord”. That makes it hard to be correct in dating if your Lord is...
Hi All, I don't collect these but it was a snack I could not resist for under $28 with all S&H included. As far as I know the 2001 Hesperia...
Hi All, See [ATTACH]...
Hi @Silphium Addict, Thanks for bringing up the Carnegie Collection. If anyone has that catalog can you also please look up the CoinTalk item...
Hi All, My avatar coin. This was the coin I always thought would cap my collecting. I got it only after 10 years or so of active collecting....
Hi All, [ATTACH] COMMODUS (177 - 192 CE); Year 29 of MARCUS AURELIUS ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 29 (188/189 CE) Bi TETRADRACHM Size: 23x24 mm...
Hi All, Looks dubious. I agree with @Bing and @The Meat man. - Broucheion
Hi All, Since eclipses concern Helios and Selene (the Sun and Moon), here they are on a Julia Mamea Drachm of Alexandria Egypt. Sold to me as a...
Hi @edteach, I just waited 46 days total, where the coin was 'off the radar' for 39 days. The tracking did not get updated at USPS till after the...
Hi @ArtDeco, I don’t think crystallization is a surface phenomenon I think the entire body of the coin is crystallized. - Broucheion
Hi @Gallienus, There are two currently for sale on eBay. I have no comment on the prices. [ATTACH] See...
Hi @AncientCoinnoisseur, Learn all about the Alexandrian Zodiac coins here Minting the Stars: The Alexandrian Zodiac Series under Antoninus Pius...
Hi @dltsrq and @Marsyas Mike, There are several YouTube videos in Polish on the Polish digs at Marea [sadly for me only in Polish]. However...
Hi @Randy Abercrombie, Try our own @Valentinian’s site at http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html - Broucheion
Hi All, Mine. [ATTACH] ■ Refs: Album #785.2 (rarity S); Balog's Ayyubid #53; Lane Poole's Catalog of the Khedivial Collection #1316-1318;...
Hi @Gallienus, Learn all about the Alexandrian Zodiac coins here Minting the Stars: The Alexandrian Zodiac Series under Antoninus Pius - Broucheion
Hi All, My Balas. [ATTACH] ALEXANDER I BALAS (152-145 BCE) UNCERTAIN MINT 91: PHOENICIA OR COELE SYRIA, 152-145 BCE Æ Size: 21 mm Weight:...
Very rare, very fake. - Broucheion
Separate names with a comma.